Re: Any way to set Epoch via the rpmbuild cmd line ?

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On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 02:25:09PM -0400, Michael Jennings wrote:
> > It's my understanding that the copyright tag is _replaced_ by the
> > better-named license tag.
> The tags are exactly the same.  Look at the code.
[snip]
> I don't really see the point of pedantry for the sake of pedantry.
> The tags are 100% interchangeable, denotations notwithstanding.

It's not pedantry; it's the *difference*. The Copyright tag is deprecated
and should _replaced_ by the License tag. The code you refer to is just
there to keep old packages from breaking.



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